TOM CLARK: Something hanging over us: Hölderlin: Die Kürze

Auto Center, Compton (South LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 14 September 2016

Friedrich Hölderlin: from Die Kürze

Wie mein Glück, ist mein Lied. -- Willst du im Abendroth
....Froh dich baden? Hinweg ist’s, und die Erd’ ist kalt,
........Und der Vogel der Nacht schwirrt
............Unbequem vor das Auge dir.

[Brevity]

As my luck goes, so goes my song. Would you have the glow

...of the setting sun put you right? It's gone! And the Earth grows cold

......and the ungainly bird of night flutters down

.........much too near, so that you must shield your eyes.

Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843): from Die Kürze (Brevity), 1798, English by TC

TO IMPE'ND. v.n. [impendeo, Latin.] To hang over; to be at hand; to press nearly.

Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends;
Ulysses comes, and death his steps attends.

Pope's Odyssey

Samuel Johnson: A Dictionary of the English Language, 1st ed., 1755

Tear gas is used to disperse protesters in Charlotte, N.C.: photo by Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer, via Associated Press, 22 September 2016

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APTOPIX_Charlotte_Police_Fatal_Shooting.1.jpg

Police officers in formation facing protesters on Tuesday: photo by Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer, via Associated Press, 22 September 2016

Protesters shout and confront riot police officers in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA: photo by Caitlin Penna/EPA 22 September 2016

People in the crowd move to shield a man on the ground in Charlotte, N.C., after he was shot during protests Wednesday night: photo by Logan R. Cyrus for The New York Times, 20 September 2016

People in the crowd move to shield a man on the ground in Charlotte, N.C., after he was shot during protests Wednesday night: photo by Logan R. Cyrus for The New York Times, 20 September 2016

Governor declares state of emergency in violence hit US city: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 21 September 2016

Governor declares state of emergency in violence hit US city: image via AFP news agency @AFP, 21 September 2016

Don't be fooled. Ha! | by michaelj1998

Don't be fooled. Ha! {Los Angeles]: photo by michaelj1998, 24 August 2016

CatDonuts and other weird things | by michaelj1998

CatDonuts and other weird things {Los Angeles]: photo by michaelj1998, 24 August 2016

Citizen Collision {Los Angeles]: photo by michaelj1998, 27 July 2016

Let's Party {Los Angeles]: photo by michaelj1998, 29 July 2016

Let's Party | by michaelj1998

Let's Party {Los Angeles]: photo by michaelj1998, 29 July 2016

Berlin fire. While tourists examine remnants of the Berlin wall and exhibits at a terror museum, a fire burns in the distance.: photo by Andrew Murr, 13 June 2015

Sesh (La Brea, LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 12 September 2016

Los Angeles: photo by Andrew Murr, 17 September 2016

Off Melrose [Hollywood]: photo by Andrew Murr, 19 September 2016

Vicious Hair by blessed hand | by ADMurr

Vicious hair by blessed hand [Hollywood]: photo by Andrew Murr, 18 September 2016

A view of a destroyed building in #Sirte #Libya @AFP @AFPphoto: image via Fabio Bucciarelli @fabio_buccia, 21 September 2016

Migrants are plucked from an overcrowded dinghy off the Libyan coast: photo by Reuters Pictures @Reuters Pictures, 21 September 2016

photo issued by Paignton Zoo of a critically endangered colour-changing lemur leaf frog, which they bred by using artificial rain storms. PRESS ASSOCIATION

A critically endangered colour-changing lemur leaf frog at Paignton Zoo, where they were bred by using artificial rain storms: photo by Paignton Zoo/PA, 21 September 2016

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A critically endangered colour-changing lemur leaf frog at Paignton Zoo, where they were bred by using artificial rain storms: photo by Paignton Zoo/PA, 21 September 2016

Thousands fled after a fire ripped through a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos: photo by Reuters Pictures @Reuters Pictures, 20 September 2016

A man carries an injured girl after airstrikes on the rebel held al-Qaterji neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria today: photo by Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters, 21 September 2016

The unraveling of Syria's fragile truce: photo by Reuters Pictures @Reuters Pictures, 21 September 2016

A campaigner holds an American flag in front of a ‘Stop Trump’ open-top double decker bus before touring London to urge Americans living abroad to register and vote: photo by Stefan Wermuth/Reuters, 21 September 2016

A veterinary tries to cover the eyes of a tranquilized Rhino to be microchipped during an operation of RHINO911, a non-governmental organization on September 19, 2016 at the Pilanesberg National Park in the North West province, South Africa. RHINO911 is a tactical air support nonprofit organization created in cooperation with Battle Born Munitions and Bell Helicopter to fight poaching in South Africa. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES 2016) conference will kick off in Johannesburg on September 24, 2016.

A vet tries to cover the eyes of a tranquilized rhinoceros to be microchipped during an operation of RHINO911, a non-governmental organisation at the Pilanesberg National Park in the North West province, South Africa: photo by Gianluigi Guercia/AFP, 21 September 2016

#France #migrants run away from tear gas during clashes with riot police in #Calais #AFP Photo by Philippe Huguen: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 21 September 2016

A woman and a young girl young child suffering from severe malnutrition sleep on a bed in the ICU ward at the In-Patient Therapeutic Feeding Centre in the Gwangwe district of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria: photo by Stefan Heunis/AFP, 21 September 2016

Children of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Members (FARC) wash clothes at the camp in Llanos del Yari, Caqueta department, Colombia, on September 20, 2016. After 52 years of armed conflict, FARC rebels open what leaders hope will be their last conference as a guerrilla army, where they are due to vote on a historic peace

Children of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Members (FARC) wash clothes at the camp in Llanos del Yari, Caqueta department, Colombia: photo by Luis Acosta/AFP, 21 September 2016

COLOMBIA - Inside the camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Llanos del Yari. By @lacostacastro: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 September 2016

The wax figures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie after they were moved apart at Madame Tussauds London following the news of their split: photo by Yui Mok/PA, 21 September 2016

South Korean soldiers wear North Korea’s military uniforms and hold North Korea’s flags, acting as North Korean soldiers, as they take part in a re-enactment of a battle of the Korean war during a commemorative war victory event to mark the 66th anniversary of the Korean war: photo by Chung Sung-Jun, 22 September 2016

Students from the University of the Witwatersrand are injured by a police grenade during a protest against university fee increases in Johannesburg, South Africa: photo by Paul Daylin/AFP, 22 September 2016

TOM CLARK

Thursday, 22 September 2016

Something hanging over us: Hölderlin: Die Kürze

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